Telegram from Guernica: The Extraordinary Life of George Steer, War Correspondent

On 26 April 1937, in the rubble of the bombed city of Guernica, the world's press scrambled to submit their stories. But one journalist held back, and spent an extra day exploring the scene. His report pointed the finger at secret Nazi involvement in the devastating aerial attack. It was the lead story in both The Times and the New York Times, and became the most controversial dispatch of the Spanish Civil War.

Who was this Special Correspondent, whose report inspired Picasso's black-and-wh...